Chinese UAV/UCAV development

araberuni said:

The CASC CH-4/5 is competing against TAI Anka-S for Bangladesh Air Force MALE UAV requirements. Ref:

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According to the tender specifications, the model offered must be in use in a minimum of three countries other than the country of origin.


How is the Anka-S going to satisfy that requirement? They don't even have one foreign country using it. It's only in service with Turkey itself.


The entirety of the tender specifications are here;

Tengoen TB001 undergoing weapons integration test.

by78 said:

Tengoen TB001 undergoing weapons integration test.

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Do you know if there is a PLA requirement for that type?

what sort of bomb is that? Have we seen it at zhuhai ever? The blunt, opaque nose and the rounded end confuses me, haven't seen it before, i think.

Looks like one of the FT-x small-diameter types? But I need to look when I'm back home.

Deino said:

Do you know if there is a PLA requirement for that type?

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I don't know.

jobjed said:

According to the tender specifications, the model offered must be in use in a minimum of three countries other than the country of origin.

How is the Anka-S going to satisfy that requirement? They don't even have one foreign country using it. It's only in service with Turkey itself.


The entirety of the tender specifications are here;

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Agreed with you. For Bangladesh, cheapest win the bidding regardless tender specifications. Bangladeshi breaks their own clause and select unusual bidder. Thats a major issue but reluctant to acknowledge and still does not stick to specifications. You know what I meant.
But considering BAF infrastructure, CH-4 or CH-5 match data link requirements. Bangladeshi military infrastructure is mostly Chinese origin. In future, if Army or Navy choose operate UAV them both systems can talk to each other. No compatibility issues in UAV sector.

Totoro said:

what sort of bomb is that? Have we seen it at zhuhai ever? The blunt, opaque nose and the rounded end confuses me, haven't seen it before, i think.

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It also appears to have 4 large folding fins mid-body in yellow primer. That’s something more commonly found on fast moving missiles instead of glide bombs.

Maybe some kind of rocket assist missile-bomb hybrid? They could have a small solid rocket booster in the tail section that gives the bomb a rapid speed boost when close to the target to better punch through point defences and/or improves penetration for bunker busting?

Via JSCh from Pakdef
2017年12月26日15时，一架顺丰涂装的双尾蝎从云南某机场起飞，30分钟后无人机飞行高度降低至300米，并实施了吊舱自动投放，约30秒后吊舱缓慢降落至目标地点，地面工作人员从吊舱内取出备件并迅速完成通讯设备抢修，自此顺丰基于华为真实业务需求，使用腾盾科技自主研发的双尾蝎无人机系统开展的国内首次大型无人机应急物资快速投递演示验证飞行圆满成功，而此次飞行也将作为全球首次无人机空投物资成功案例载入民用无人机发展史册。

At 15:00 on December 26, 2017, a "twin-tailed scorpion" UAV painted with SF Express logo took off from an airport in Yunnan Province. After 30 minutes, the flight altitude of the drone was reduced to 300 meters and the pod was automatically dropped. After about 30 seconds, the pod slowly landed to the target location, ground staff removed spare parts from the pod and quickly complete the repair of communications equipment. Ever since SF based on the real business needs of Huawei, the use of Tengden Technology independently developed "twin-tailed scorpion" UAV system for the first time begin UAV emergency supplies rapid delivery demonstration flight, and thus this flight will also be the world's first successful case of UAV airdrop operation and enter into the history of civilian UAV history.

Here is the video of Tangoen UAV "Scorpion" drop off(parachuted) of needed part. Will become handy in SCS